Review of Dial M for Murder (1981) by Sgt. C — 06 Jan 2015

(74%).

A fine example of stage to screen transition handled with all the flare and know how of a true legend. Grace Kelly is the target of murder from her own husband, which just like "Rear window", in which James Stewart is practically harassed to agree to marry her, is a difficult concept to fully relate with. I mean how many men lucky enough to be married to Grace Kelly would arrange to have her killed? You'd have to be insane, even if she is fooling around. The almost single location works better than expected. It never gets dull to watch. And once everything has been established this becomes more and more interesting as the minutes go quite quickly past. This isn't Hitchcock's best ever, but it does fit in just below the better examples.